Brewers ride ridiculous, record-setting eight-run inning to dominant 3-0 World Series lead over Rays
Next time you want your favorite team to acquire the big name starting pitcher in free agency or at the trade deadline, just remember that one of the most effective starters on the team that won the World Series was Robert Gasser. That he did something that hadn't been done in the World Series by a lefty since one of the greatest pitchers in the history of the sport. In large part because of BABIP. There's no luck in baseball, as everything must have an explanation, no matter how absurd.
Gasser didn't need much support, obviously, but the Brewers unstoppable offense provided it anyway. In the fifth inning, Milwaukee put together one of the most absurd innings you'll ever see, and a near-perfect reminder of the immense amount of variance and randomness inherent in baseball.
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It started innocently enough, with Chourio once again singling with one out. Jake Bauers flew out for the second out, then Christian Yelich walked to put runners at first and second. Then, the play that will haunt Rays fans forever.
William Contreras grounded one in the hole between second and third, and third baseman Junior Caminero went to second base for the force out, unable to see that he had plenty of time to get Contreras at first. But Yelich beat the throw out, loading the bases for Brice Turang. Then, the floodgates opened.
Turang hit a grounder to short that Taylor Walls couldn't make the play on, scoring two. Then Garrett Mitchell slapped another single through the infield, directly where the shortstop typically plays. 5-0 Milwaukee. Cooper Pratt followed with a grounder that somehow clipped the foul line for a double, making it 7-0. Sal Frelick hit a soft line drive that fell in to left field to make it 8-0. David Hamilton, having an incredible postseason after a career of being a very bad hitter, drove in the ninth run of the game with a single. Finally, Jackson Chourio added his fourth hit of the game and second of the inning to make it 10-0. Why not?
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That fifth inning was the first eight-run inning in World Series history. The Brewers went 9-18 with runners in scoring position, had a .471 BABIP and 16 hits against a typically strong Rays pitching staff. Tampa's BABIP? .130. That's only half of it. Per the league's Statcast page, Milwaukee's expected batting average in the game was .254. Their actual batting average was .390. Tampa's expected batting average was .236, and their actual was .107. And that's been Milwaukee's luck all postseason.
The Rays added a meaningless garbage time run in the bottom of the ninth, but Milwaukee takes a commanding 3-0 series lead, and is well on their way to the organization's first ever championship. Potentially as soon as Tuesday night's game four.
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